 Jeppe (2634), Ølbutikken, Denmark
Apr 13, 2007 Updated: Apr 17, 2007
Pours pitch black with a thick lasting brown head - no doubt a 5 for appearance, absolutely beautiful. The aroma is powerfull, I could smell the beer immediately when I started pouring it into the glass. Roasted, malty, chocolaty, hoppy with an excellent balance. Hint of sourness in there as well, brett-like. The flavor is equally powerfull. Lots and lots of malt and chocolate with a nice sweet candied touch and plenty of fruity and bitter hops. Very balanced and complex and smooth like a mofo. Loooong bitter finish that lasts forever. No doubt a WORLD CLASS beer and the best to come from a Danish brewery (that isn’t Mikkeller or Ølfabrikken) maybe forever......!! What an excellent beginning for this newcomer! I bow my head in the dust to Jacob and Morten.
Miver (275), WillowStreet, Pennsylvania, USA
Jul 8, 2008 Thanks to Dickonsonbeer for sharing this. I’ve been after this one for quite some time. Bottle # 294/400, batch 5 and BB 05 2010. Poured pitch black with a medium sized tan head that left a nice lacing on the glass. Aroma is strong roasted coffee and chocolate. Taste is of roasted coffee, vanilla, chocolate, with a nice creamy smooth finish. Hops are present, but balanced very well with the rest of this incredible Imperial stout. Thanks Paul!!!
ekstedt (1694), Göteborg, Sweden
Jul 7, 2008 Sampled at the RBESG08 grand tasting. Black with a dark beige head. Tar dominated aroma with dark roasted coffee and hops. Medium to heavy bodied and very smooth. Well balanced, long bitter aftertaste.
Dickinsonbeer (2458), Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
Jul 2, 2008 Bottle 294 from thecheeseman!!! Thanks Dan!! Also shared courtesy of BrianK a few weeks back. Pours a very dark black oily viscous body with a nice long lasting glistening tan almost orange head. Aroma is intense with coffee, roasted barely, chcooalte malts, and evne some fresh hops, but they all work perfectly together- I also get hints of toasted almond and licorice int her eas well. Flavor has a nice cool clean smooth coffee with blends so well with the roast of themalts, lgiht smokiness, tar and leather, and a nice subdued yet noticed hop character in the end. This was so intense, yet so refined and balanced. Freakin awesome impy stout.
egajdzis (2865), Terrapin, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 28, 2008 Poured an opaque black color with a medium sized, mocha colored head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of dried fruits, smoke, roasted chestnuts, burnt malts, and some dark chocolate. Taste of roasted malts, smoke, chocolate, raisins and other dark fruits, with a bit of alcohol in the finish. Thanks Paul!
hopdog (4347), Lansdale, Pennsylvania, USA
Jun 27, 2008 Bottle shared courtesy of dickinsonbeer. Bottle # 294/400, batch 5 and BB 05 2010. Poured a dark black color with an averaged sized brown head. Aromas of coffee, vanilla, some dark fruits, chocolate, and licorice. Tastes of roast, coffee, chocolate, and some smokey / ashiness. Light alcohol in the finish but overall well hidden.
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